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Show March 1 8. 1 998 Salina SunGunnison Valley News Aminals By David Sung Page 3 Off the top Car trouble, real and imagined: Mayor Curtis Ludvigson and Neil Forster, Director of Rural Water Association of Utah. Rural Water Association honors Sterling for water improvements The Rural Water Association of Utah Conference in St. George to accept the award. In addition, Mayor Ludvigson was Most "The as Town Improved ling I elected Vice President of the Rural Water System in Utah." in 1997 Sterling installed 6500 ft. of Water Association of Utah. He will serve a two year term in this position. 8 inch PVC pipe, valves, a pressure wil represent the station and fire hydrants. This was Mayor Ludvigson Rural Water Association as well as all im portant to the comm un ity because it small water systems of Utah at the by Trooper Terry C. Smith, Utah Highway Patrol means if one of the main trunk lines Rural Water Association National Public Information and Education Officer needs to be repaired, it can be accomRural Water Rally to be held in WashAs you pass more and more semi and small company trucks these days, you plished withouttuming theentire comington D.C. on April 20 and 2 . see these words on the back of the truck or trailer. The sticker usually asks the The Rural Water Association of Utah munity out of water. To a system with question, How am I driving, and gives a phone number to call and give the 1 00 water connections, this was a great represents about 350 small water syscompany an idea of how their drivers are doing. Some may call to complain or undertaking and improvement. The tems in Utah and its mission is to others may call to say the driver was doing a good job. project was accomplished in 1997, provide professional training, support As troopers, our license plate number is the same as our badge number. So, however it took 3 services, and representation for water years of planning. and wastewater util ity members to help ifa trooper has some bad driving habits, its pretty easy to track down the driver. atin Curtis was Ludvigson Mayor enhance the quality of services to their I always thought it would be a great idea to put a sticker on my teenagers car tendance at the Rural Water Annual customers. with my home number to see how many calls I would receive. Some days I would probably have to take the phone off the hook! Now, lets ask the serious question how is your driving? If that sticker was on your car, would the calls come in because you were a good driver and courteous, or would they be complaint calls? The longer I work for the UHP, the more I believe that the vast majority of March II, 1998 Trooper Turner responded to a us have forgotten that the rules do apply to us. It seems to me that everyone just accident in Axtell. Michael Trooper Reynolds stopped a vehicle in is: and their their mind car set gets on SRI 19 for failing to yield the right of Cox. age 23. of Manti. failed to see that get out of my way, Im in a hurry. I need to be first way. Investigation revealed the driver. Sarah Williams, age 20. of Gunnison, who its okay to speed, just don;t get caught William Muir, age 22, Venice, to be drivwas traveling slow for a farm vehicle. Cox you dont really have to come to a complete stop if nobody is coming did no stop in time and the Wiling under the influence. He was arrested and booked into the Sevier County Jail. liams vehicle. Seat bells were worn and why signal theyll get out of my way as I start to move over There are a few major problems with this mind set! MP5I: there were no injuries. Vehicles were reRoadblock, Trooper Roberts arrested Sammy tained. First, you do have to obey the traffic laws so we can all reach our destinations Weimer. age 49, Colorado, for DUI. His March 14, 1998 ours and we must share and be as courteous safely. The road is not yours-- its vehicle was impounded and he was booked arrested Openshaw Trooper traffic allow move as possible to to smoothly. into jail. Monserate Castillo, age 44. of Mt. PleasMore importantly, think about who is in the car with you. Its their lives you ant for driving under the influence. The Sergeant Bushnell contacted a vehicle are risking. Plus, if its okay for you to speed or ignore traffic laws, then it must which came through the roadblock and traffic stop was made in Moroni. The vebe alright for your children to do the same when they reach the age of 6. You subsequently arrested Michael Henry, age hicle was impounded. dont think speeding is wrong, but its one of the major causes of accidents and 34, California for no drivers license, false March 15, 1998 whether you want to believe it or not, your children watch you and will mirror information to a police officer, improper Trooper Tenney investigated a injury accident on Sierra Vista Drive. your actions. If they grow up watch ing you break the law, then you cant really registration, and credit card fraud. Henry Jail the to was Sevier driven by Valerie Jones, age 17, A vehicle County like transported them blame you. they are just being where he was booked. of Monroe, stopped and was run into by a drive should the do we time we to Its thinking things. Maybe way vehicle driven by Trooper Pitts arrested a Jenny we have a bumper sticker with our phone number asking, How an I driving? violation. male subject for a Langmann of Roy. Jones was wearing a seat belt, but it is unknown w hether or not Trooper Metz arrested Millie Abbott, age 40, Washington, Utah, for DUI. She Langmann was. F.xlent of injuries was not was booked into jail and her vehicle was released. impounded. Trooper Bradshaw was called to inAnnouncing: That applications are now being accepted for the position of a four-- heeler accident that ocimpounded a veTopham Trooper vestigate juvenile court judge in the Second District Juvenile Court and district court hicle driven by Salas Valentin, 30. for no curred one mile north of Manti. Shane judge in the Third District Court. licensed driver and improper.registration. Peterson, age 22, of F.phraim was going ; The vacancy on the Second District Juvenile Court bench and Third District too fast, hit a ditch bank, went through the March 12, 1998 Court bench are the result of recent legislation. Trooper Tenney located a vehicle air approximately 30 feet over the front of Peterson was not injured. Completed application forms must be received by the Administrative Office wanted in connection with a gas theft in the vethe Salina. stopped Trooper Tenney of the Courts no later than 5 p.m., Monday, April 13, 1998. The driver, To obtain application forms and instructions: copies of forms required in the hicle near Richfield on Michael Jordan, age 27, Colorado, was arAdministrative the instructions from and available are application process rested and booked into the Sevier County Office of the Courts. Forms and instructions also are available in the following Jail for DUI. possession of marijuana and word processing formats: ASCII Text; WordPerfect 5.x; WordPerfect 6.x; drug paraphernalia, and possession of a Microsoft Word 5.x; Microsoft Word 6.x; Word for Macintosh 5.x. stolen vehicle. A passenger, Crystal To obtain the forms and instruction in a word processing format, provide a Stewart, age 22, Colorado, was booked address or a 3.5" disk to Marilyn Smith at any of the into jail for possession of marijuana and return Internet drug paraphernalia. The vehicle was imfollowing: is pleased to announce it awarded Ster- How am driving? 1 Utah Highway Patrol Report property-- damage rear-end- 1 two-ca- r, Announcement of Judicial Vacancy w Internet marilynsmcourtlink.utcourts.gov Administrative Office of the Courts, Attention: Marilyn Smith, 230 South 500 East, Suite 300, Salt Lake City, Ut 84102 FAX: (801)578-384- 3 When requesting forms and instructions in a word processing format, indicate the requested format. The application form, waiver forms, and instructions are available in all of the above formats to subscribers of the Utah State Court Bulletin Board. New Horizons Crisis Center seeks volunteers New Horizons Crisis Center is a organization that serves :tims ofdomestic violence and other Assist with transportation and household maintenance Advertising i.e. posters, flyers, an- confiden-- 1 nouncements use. They offer a Advocates any of the following: to help advocates hotline, victim : clients through their crisis and carry pagers to help man, the assist shelter clients with afyond, a temporary shelter for women hotline; d children who have been abused or tercare; provide transitional support and in assisting client with resources avail: homeless, support groups, able rentingchildren classes, Childrens Program assist instrucone of rhey serve 5 counties out for e one hour per week tor 8 staffed Ice that is by Shelter Volunteer to help staff the of hundreds serve iployees. They assist the shelter manager ents, and could not do so without shelter and aid of dedicated volunteers. If you with her work load Volunteers with flexibility in their uld like to help others find their volunteers willing and able schedule y to a more peaceful life, or if you services intermittently donate to mid like to feel that you are making the year through-oucon-t t lifference to someone, please without volunteers the quality of New Horizons Crisis Center at or come service we deliver to victims of door 100 North in mestic violence and the homeless ; us at 145 East :hfield. They will be starting a new would seriously be undermined. You are needed as a volunteer, and you can ining session on March 28. make a difference. olunteer opportunities include: 24-ho- 24-ho- full-tim- Provide clerical assistance by Lori Olsen We got all of our vehicles tuned up planned. We haven't left town together and inspected in the last six weeks for in months. We just wanted a day of registration and the like. We spent snow skiing and a couple of days in St. about $700 on this and that. You know George. But without the van, the five how it adds up. After writing a large of us would be squished in our small check for repairs on two of our ve- truck. Good people worked hard and got hicles, things fell apart. The next morning my sons car the van fixed in record time. It was wouldnt start. No click. No anything. ready to roll Thursday morning before But the lights came on so we knew it 8 a.m. We traveled without any probwas getting some juice. It was a simple lems.... Until Saturday afternoon, when loose wire. Easily fixed for no charge we decided to drive from St. George to after we pushed it all the way to the Cedar City to take in some State basketball action. repair shop. But thats not all. When we started up the van that We got about 10 miles out of St. same morning, it acted funny. You George when the engine began to race. could hear the engine working but the Jim had to push on the brakes with all van didnt seem to want to move. Oh, his might, just to get the van stopped. The cell phone had just enough juice and it wouldnt go in reverse. ' This gave us the feeling of When it left in it to call a tow truck. Thirty rains. It pours. Were just trying to minutes later we were headed back to scratch out a living and keep our heads St. George compacted in the cab of a above water tow truck with the driver, and the van so, why us? The vans transmission was gone. being pulled behind. The St. George This is Tuesday morning. We have an mechanic, that really was closed and anxiously awaited family weekend wanted to go home, took a look. We put a call into our mechan ic back home. If it was the transmission, the engine would be racing but the van wouldnt want to go anywhere. Well, thats certainly not the problem. Maybe the Dr. Von Pratt, Chairman of the Centhrottle was stuck. tral Utah Board of Public Health, has So we contacted car rental places, announced a meeting of the Board on contemplated schedule changes and March 26, 998. The meeting is schedbraced for another huge repair bill. uled for 7 p.m., at Public Health office After a couple of test drives and invesat 40 West 200 North in Manti. tigation from the kind mechanic, he told us we were in good shape and Anyone requiring special attend the BoardofHealth nothing needed to be fixed. Huh??? meeting should notify Russell AnderWell, it seems the floor mat was stuck 5 ext. 20, at least seven up under the gas pedal, pushing the son at days before the meeting. pedal to the metal. Central Utah Board of Public Health We were so worried from the past meetings are open to the public in few weeks of car trouble, we panicked accordance with Utahs Sunshine anddidntlookfortheobvious, simple ... Public Health board to meet 1 accom-modations- to 896-54- 1 Law. Alzheimer's to be topic at Palisade Pals Support Services Palisade Pals Support Services and the Alzheimers Association will cosponsor an educational evening with Tom Cotterill, Director of the Utah Alzheimers Association on Tuesday, March 24, 998, at 7 p.m., at 65 South "Off the Top is the product Lori's rambling and disjointed of ' thoughts. This conversational style piece does not reflect the opinion Main in Mayfield (next door to of this newspaper. Mayfield Community Care Center). The topics to be discussed will be: You can reach us at: Learning about Alzheimers; What Salina Sun: 529-783- 9 support services are available; Fund1 4 Subscription Special! Subscribe today for only Annual subscription price (regularly $18 in county) Hew subscribers only. in-coun- pounded. March 13, 1998 42, and Oran Miller, age 34, for open container and possession of paraphernalia. The subjects were cited and released. FAX: 1 528-763- March and drug paraphernalia. A traffic stop three miles west of Salina on by Trooper Topham resulted in the arrest of Debra Drake, age 528-311- newsgtelco.net Buntrock was arrested and booked into the Sevier County Jail. The vehicle was impounded. A female passenger, also intoxicated. was transported to a motel in Salina. Russell Heath, age 40, of Redmond, was booked into the Sevier County Jail for possession of a firearm by a drug user and driving under the influence. Heath was stopped by Trooper Roberts for a traffic violation in Redmond. The vehicle was im- e. Trooper Tenney responded to a e property-damagaccident three miles south of Salina on State Road 24. A truck driven by Christopher Woolever, age 30. of California, failed to yield the right-of-wto a truck driven by James Larue, age 39, of Monroe, Utah, resulting in the collision of the two trucks. Woolever was issued a citation. Both trucks were retained by the owners and seat belts were worn. Trooper Topham stopped a vehicle seven miles west of Salina for a speeding violation. A search of the vehicle resulted in the discovery of one gram of metham-phetamin- e. Beau Sanchez, age 22, of Colorado, a passenger in the vehicle, was arrested for possession of methamphetam ine and paraphernalia. The driver was issued a warning for the speed violation. Sanchez was booked into the Sevier County Jail. Gunnison Valley News: ing sources for Adult Day Care and other services. Light refreshments will be served. pounded. TrooperTopham stopped a vehicle on 30 miles east of Salina for a traffic violation. The driver. Done! Buntrock. age 37. of Colorado, was found to be driving under the influence and in possession of marijuana solution. All we had to pay for was the reasonable towing service. We did miss the ball game. But we made the trip home safely and without any further incident. We were just looking for car trouble . . . real and imagined. ty NEW subscribers also SAVE. 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